10. I wish you ?____? Jim so much. He is still very depressed.?

A. not to hurt

B. didn’t hurt ?

C. would not

D. had not hurt?

11. Before the school ?____? what students must wear, theywore just about anything.?

A. managed

B. authorized?

C. regulated

D. standardized?

12. While the population of the United States includes a great variety ofracial and ethnicbackgrounds, Japan’s population is ?____?.

A. autonomous

B. homogeneous?

C. ambitious

D.anonymous?

13. The contents of the safety deposit box are ?____?being held by the police until the trial.?

A. theoretically

B. temporarily ?

C. rationally

D. naturally?

14. ?____? of half?starving foxes were roaming the snow?covered mountain areas.?

A. Herds

B. Packs

C. Flocks

D. Crowds?

15. The very idea of her winning the English competition is quite ?______?.?

A. strange

B. absurd

C. unlikely

D. sensible?

16. The earnest student waited with some slight ?____?while the teacher was reading hiscomposition.?

A. despair

B. upset

C. nervousness

D. hatred?

17. The woman in the kitchen ?____? to the doctor that the water was hot.?

A. motioned

B. mentioned

C. meant

D. motivated?

18. Two years later the opportunity came for him to take a ?____?American look at the OldWorld.?

A. distinctly

B. distinctively

C. distinct

D. distinctive